trepan

Example Sentences

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Marshal Ney had a silver trepan in his skull, a bullet wound in his ankle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fearful things: bonesaws, abdomen retractor, trocar and trepan.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

They seldom trepan; a surgeon who attempted to perform it, would himself be perhaps in want of it.

From A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, 1777 Volume 1 by Thicknesse, Philip

I cannot think," he said, after a moment's pause, "that the fellow means to trepan us; and, in any event, I trust we should have no difficulty in forcing the door, or otherwise making escape.

From Peveril of the Peak by Scott, Walter, Sir

"But what a thoughtless animal is man,— How very active in his own trepan!"

From The Human Side of Animals by Dixon, Royal